Florida’s insurance commissioner unveiled a plan to provide free home health care to some 10,000 Holocaust survivors living in the state. Bill Nelson is slated to present the plan to a meeting this week in Washington of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. Nelson added that he would urge the panel to approve up to $10 million for the proposal, using funds already deposited into an account by European insurers suspected of not honoring survivors’ policies.
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